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14. A Special Copy of Richard Cantillon’s ‘Essai sur la Nature du Commerce’
By Alec Israeli While studying a modern edition of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, I came across editorial footnotes citing Smith’s quotations from Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en Général, a 1755 treatise by French political economist Richard Cantillon.[1] Wanting to consult the original source, I requested a copy to read at the Wren…
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